The Nile: Notes for Travellers in EgyptT. Cook & Son, 1892 - 374 pages |
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Page 20
... opened . 117. Hadrian . Visited Egypt twice . 161. Marcus Aurelius caused the famous Itinerary to be made . 180. Commodus . 193. Septimius Severus . 211. Caracalla visited Egypt , and caused a large number of young men to be massacred ...
... opened . 117. Hadrian . Visited Egypt twice . 161. Marcus Aurelius caused the famous Itinerary to be made . 180. Commodus . 193. Septimius Severus . 211. Caracalla visited Egypt , and caused a large number of young men to be massacred ...
Page 24
... opened the Great Pyramid . 870. Ahmed ibn - Ţulûn governs Egypt . 884. Khamarûyeh enlarges Fostât . 969-1171 . The Fâțimites govern Egypt , with Masr el- Kâhira ( Cairo ) as their residence . * 975. Azîz , son of Mu'izz , great grandson ...
... opened the Great Pyramid . 870. Ahmed ibn - Ţulûn governs Egypt . 884. Khamarûyeh enlarges Fostât . 969-1171 . The Fâțimites govern Egypt , with Masr el- Kâhira ( Cairo ) as their residence . * 975. Azîz , son of Mu'izz , great grandson ...
Page 25
... opened during his reign ( 1869 ) . He greatly ex- tended the boundaries of Egypt , and obtained possession of Suakin ( Sauâkin ) , Masowa ( Masau'a ) , and two ports in the Gulf of Aden , a part of the Somâli coast , a large part of the ...
... opened during his reign ( 1869 ) . He greatly ex- tended the boundaries of Egypt , and obtained possession of Suakin ( Sauâkin ) , Masowa ( Masau'a ) , and two ports in the Gulf of Aden , a part of the Somâli coast , a large part of the ...
Page 95
... opened the chest , and laying her face upon her dead husband's , embraced his corpse , and wept bitterly . " Isis intending a visit to her son Horus , who was brought . up at Butus , deposited the chest in the meanwhile in a remote and ...
... opened the chest , and laying her face upon her dead husband's , embraced his corpse , and wept bitterly . " Isis intending a visit to her son Horus , who was brought . up at Butus , deposited the chest in the meanwhile in a remote and ...
Page 110
... opened in 1869 ; before that time it was an insignificant village with a few hundred inhabitants . Ancient history is almost silent about it , even if it be identified with Clysma * Praesidium . It is situated at the north end of the ...
... opened in 1869 ; before that time it was an insignificant village with a few hundred inhabitants . Ancient history is almost silent about it , even if it be identified with Clysma * Praesidium . It is situated at the north end of the ...
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Abydos Alexandria Amāsis Åmen Amen-Rā Amenophis Amenophis III ancient Egyptian Apis Arabic Aswân beautiful body Bubastis building built Cæsar Cairo called canal chamber church coffin and mummy columns comest Coptic Copts dead dedicated Dêr Ethiopia excavations famous Fayyûm Gebel Barkal Gizeh gods granite granite sarcophagus Greek Hail Hathor Heliopolis hemt Herodotus hieroglyphic honour Horus Hyksos inscribed inscriptions Isis IVth Karnak king of Egypt land large number Limestone statue lived lord Mariette Maspero maṣṭaba Memphis miles from Cairo monuments Mosque Muḥammad mummy Museum Nile Nubia obelisks Osiris papyrus priests Ptaḥ Ptolemy pylon pyramid Rameses Rameses II Red granite reign represented river Roman Room royal Sakkârah sarcophagus scarabs sculptures Serapeum Seti side sphinxes stele stone Suez Sulțân Suten tablets Tanis temple Thebes thee Thothmes thou tomb town Upper Egypt Usertsen Vth dynasty walls west bank worshipped XIIth XVIIIth